Longton

Worth seeing in and around Longton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Britannia Stadium

   The bet365 Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, bet365.

   2.9 km · football stadium in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Victoria Ground

   The Victoria Ground was the home ground of Stoke City from 1878 until 1997, when the club relocated to the Britannia Stadium after 119 years. At the time of its demolition it was the oldest operational ground in the Football League.

   3.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Caverswall Castle

   Caverswall Castle is a privately owned early-17th-century English mansion built in a castellar style upon the foundations and within the walls of a 13th-century castle, in Caverswall, Staffordshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Staffordshire Moorlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gladstone Pottery Museum

   The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of England from the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century to the mid-20th century. It is a grade II* listed building.

   100 m · industrial museum in Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Winton Square

   Winton Square in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, houses Stoke-on-Trent railway station, the North Stafford Hotel, and several other historic structures. The square was built in 1848 for the North Staffordshire Railway, whose headquarters were in the station building, and is a significant example of neo-Jacobean architecture.

   3.9 km · square in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Stoke Minster

   Stoke Minster is the Minster church of St Peter ad Vincula and main church in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is now the main church of the wider city of Stoke-on-Trent.

   3.7 km · church in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Filomena (Roman Catholic)

   St Filumena's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Caverswall, in Staffordshire, England, and in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The building, completed in 1864, is Grade II listed.

   4 km · church building in Caverswall, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Longton Central Methodist Hall

   Methodist Central Hall is a Methodist church building in Longton, Staffordshire, England. The building, dating from 1842 with later modification, is Grade II listed.

   300 m · building in Stoke-on-Trent, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St James

   The church of St James-the-Less is in Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

   400 m · church in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Fenton Town Hall

    Fenton Town Hall is a municipal building in Albert Square in Fenton, Staffordshire, England. It is now occupied by local businesses, a café and an art gallery.

    2.4 km · municipal building in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Longton

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 41 km · East Midlands (EMA), 57 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 61 km

Stations

Stoke-on-Trent railway station, 3.9 km · Longton railway station, 400 m · Longton Interchange, 400 m

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  56 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
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  66 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–10
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  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–12
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